Collaborative Innovation in Agrometeorology: Coordination Strategies to Develop a Monitoring IT System for Brazil



Document title: Collaborative Innovation in Agrometeorology: Coordination Strategies to Develop a Monitoring IT System for Brazil
Journal: Journal of technology management & innovation
Database: CLASE
System number: 000397553
ISSN: 0718-2724
Authors: 1
2
3
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Institutions: 1Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria, Campinas, Sao Paulo. Brasil
2Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Centro de Pesquisas Metereologicas e Climaticas Aplicadas a Agricultura, Campinas, Sao Paulo. Brasil
3Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Departamento de Politica Cientifica e Tecnologica, Campinas, Sao Paulo. Brasil
Year:
Volumen: 9
Number: 1
Pages: 119-130
Country: Chile
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Analítico, descriptivo
English abstract This case-study article presents the results from a morphology analysis of a knowledge and information network, focusing on the coordination mechanisms employed to generate a convergent arrangement. Agritempo was the first information system to offer (in 2003) free access to a broad range of agrometeorological data comprising all the Brazilian territory, representing an important technological innovation to the agricultural sector. To study this phenomenon an analytical framework of the Techno-Economic Network (TEN) and concepts from the Innovation Sociology field was employed. Results indicate that the durability of this arrangement - from 2003 to 2014 - can be explained by the effectiveness of the coordination strategies established in the network such as: trust based relationships; institutional and individual leadership actions; contracting; software applications and shared common working procedures
Disciplines: Administración y contaduría
Keyword: Administración de instituciones,
Brasil,
Colaboracion interinstitucional,
Innovación,
Meteorología,
Agricultura,
Tecnología de la información,
Redes de información,
Agrometeorología,
Sistemas de información
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